The Regional State Council in Brno charged four Czech elite soldiers from the share of the killing of Afghan prisoner in 2018. He died after the interrogation, which was also done by Czech soldiers. Among other things, the indictment speaks of a breach of the obligation of the guard service, not providing assistance or blackmail. On Tuesday, the server Issen.cz, according to which this is the most serious case in the modern history of the Czech army, informed, reports TASR newsletter in Prague.
“I can confirm that the Regional Court in Brno received the indictment in this matter. Last week it was filed by the Regional State Council in Brno. Given the classified mode of this matter, I cannot indicate any further information at the moment”Quoted the spokeswoman of the Regional Court in Brno Klára Belkovová.
According to the server, the prosecutor is convinced that Czech soldiers are co -responsible for the death of the prisoner of Vahidullah Khan. According to the plaintiff, two of them committed a crime of breach of the obligation of the guard service and failure to provide assistance, the other pair charged with blackmail and disobeying the order. If the court recognizes them as guilty, in extreme cases, everyone is in danger of life imprisonment.
In October 2018, Khan committed an assassination at the Šindand base in Afghanistan when he attacked a vehicle with Czech soldiers. His shooting was not survived by the cynologist Tomáš Procházka and the other two soldiers suffered injuries. They detained the man shortly afterwards. He was first listened to by Afghans, who handed it over to the Czechs without injuries. During the interrogation of Czech soldiers, there were allegedly painful screams from the room. Subsequently, the Americans who were allegedly kicking him during that. When he was returned to Afghans, he was already unconscious.
